Hi guys! Welcome to the sequel!!! :) I'm going to be putting actual chapter names next to the chapter number. By the way, in the beginning, there's gonna be a lot of time skip and Tauriel Sort-of POV. Enjoy, vote, comment! -Joann :)

PS: Tauriel on the cover was made by MariaNovikova of DeviantArt!

Tauriel POV

I was trapped in a hazy dreamy state. Asleep? No. Awake? No. Somewhere in between where thoughts were clouded and broken. I was in this daze for days. Or at least I thought.

"Tauriel!" A soft voice, somewhere in the depths of the darkness.

"Tauriel!" A voice, calling me back to consciousness.

Light invaded the dark peace, and my eyes snapped open.

I lay there unmovingly, a strange sort of happiness filling me. Somehow, I felt this had something to do with Legolas.

Legolas. Legolas. Legolas!

The memory of the battle and Kili smothered any happiness I had in me like a layer of thick, dark mud.

"Kili?" I whispered pitifully, hoping, praying, begging that the voice was Kili's.

The voice let out a sad sigh, tinged with regret.

"No, mellon-nin, it is me, Maethel," she said, leaning over to look at her.

"Tell me he's not dead," I pleaded again. "Please, Mae."

She closed her eyes. "You already know the truth."

Anguish smothered me, casting me into a darkness I knew I couldn't escape.